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transaction acceptance.", "Do not treat Facebook commentary, private training, or a vendor workflow as New York legal authority." ], "localContentTargets": [ "Services/NotaryLawCatalog.cs: New York", "/notary-law/new-york.json", "/notary-law/new-york/breakdown.json", "/law/new-york/breakdown.json" ], "sourceNotes": [ "Official New York Senate law page checked on 2026-06-06.", "Use with New York Department of State guidance and transaction facts. 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section 135-c remains the specific COA source." ] }, { "sourceKey": "va-code-47-1-2-satisfactory-evidence", "jurisdiction": "Virginia", "topic": "Remote/electronic notarization satisfactory evidence of identity", "sourceType": "official statute", "officialSourceName": "Virginia Code section 47.1-2", "officialSourceUrl": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title47.1/chapter1/section47.1-2/", "lastCheckedUtc": "2026-06-04T00:00:00Z", "visibleSourceDate": "2026-06-04", "effectiveDate": "current code page as checked", "reviewCadenceDays": 30, "nextReviewDue": "2026-07-04", "billWatchRequired": true, "billWatchLastCheckedUtc": null, "billWatchSourceUrl": "https://lis.virginia.gov/", "status": "current-source-cached", "contentUses": [ "Virginia RON identity-method corrections", "Virginia biometrics versus selfie/face-match distinction", "KBA effective-date discussion", "Notary Geek routing model", "new notary/RON training caution content" ], "claimsSupported": [ "Virginia satisfactory evidence analysis must start with the statute, not platform marketing or training shorthand.", "The Virginia identity-method list includes personal knowledge, credible witnesses, and listed electronic-notarization identity methods.", "The statutory phrase about a valid digital certificate accessed by biometric data should not be collapsed into ordinary selfie, liveness, or face-match marketing.", "Knowledge-based authentication is now listed in section 47.1-2, but date-specific analysis is still required for older transactions and for workflows that did not actually use KBA." ], "doNotSay": [ "Do not say all Virginia RON is invalid.", "Do not say all states require KBA.", "Do not say platform approval proves the specific transaction was legally correct.", "Do not say ordinary selfie/liveness/face match is automatically Virginia's valid digital certificate accessed by biometric data lane.", "Do not use current Virginia wording to prove a pre-effective-date transaction used KBA lawfully." ], "localContentTargets": [ "Services/NotaryLawCatalog.cs: Virginia", "Services/StateKnowledge.cs: Virginia", "/notary-law/virginia.json", "/virginia-kba-investigation.json", "/virginia-ron-identity-methods.json", "/virginia-ron-biometrics-platform-myth.json", "/new-notary-ron-training.html" ], "sourceNotes": [ "Checked for the AI prompt correction workflow on 2026-06-04.", "Use this source before browsing again unless the 30-day window has expired or a bill/effective-date issue is raised.", "Pending bill watch still needs a repeatable official-source record." ] }, { "sourceKey": "va-secretary-authentications-electronic-notarization", "jurisdiction": "Virginia", "topic": "Virginia authentication/apostille treatment of electronic notarization", "sourceType": "official agency guidance", "officialSourceName": "Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Authentications, Types of Documents", "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/official-documents/authentications/types-of-documents/", "lastCheckedUtc": "2026-06-04T00:00:00Z", "visibleSourceDate": "", "effectiveDate": "current page as checked", "reviewCadenceDays": 30, "nextReviewDue": "2026-07-04", "billWatchRequired": true, "billWatchLastCheckedUtc": null, "billWatchSourceUrl": "https://lis.virginia.gov/", "status": "current-source-cached", "contentUses": [ "Virginia online-notary apostille routing caution", "notary-state apostille routing", "electronic apostille misconception correction", "apostille-bound RON customer guidance" ], "claimsSupported": [ "Virginia electronic notarization and Virginia apostille/authentication acceptance must be separated.", "A completed electronic notarization does not prove the state can authenticate it for apostille or Great Seal purposes.", "Apostille-bound documents require notary-state and competent-authority routing before the notarial act when possible." ], "doNotSay": [ "Do not say an online notarized document is automatically apostille-ready.", "Do not confuse e-notarization, e-apostille, scan-back, and paper authentication.", "Do not route apostille-bound documents by platform name alone." ], "localContentTargets": [ "Services/NotaryLawCatalog.cs: Virginia", "Services/StateKnowledge.cs: Virginia", "/notary-state-apostille-routing.json", "/electronic-apostilles.json", "/wet-ink-paper-apostille-routing.json" ], "sourceNotes": [ "Use with Virginia Code section 47.1-2. Identity-method authority and apostille/authentication treatment are separate issues." ] } ] }